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USA leaks on Manchester investigation 'irritating,' UK Home Secretary says

Queen Elizabeth visited the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where some of the casualties have been treated, and was filmed chatting with a girl lying in...

100 civilians killed after USA bomb attack in Mosul

The displaced civilians took refuge in the basement of the building because it included accommodations like a bathroom. That residue, they found, had signatures...

Manchester bombing suspect said to have called mother for farewell

Hopkins said on Wednesday that the 22-year-old suicide bomber, Salman Abedi , was part of a network . Dozens more who were injured remain hospitalized, more t...

Trump What to expect from President's visit to Israel, Palestinian territories

Trump and Abbas met earlier this month at the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed "to do everything" to help the Palestinians and Israelis to...

Iran's re-elected president Rouhani slams US-Saudi summit

He says the Islamic Republic still is waiting to understand what the Trump administration wants. In a news conference in Tehran on Monday, Rouhani said Trum...

S. Korea OKs civilian contact with North Korea over malaria

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Trump's handshake trick doesn't seem to work on other people's turf

On Thursday in Brussels - ahead of a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit - Trump and newly-elected French president Emmanuel Macron sat down for a tal...

Official says British police will stop sharing info with US after leaks

Hopkins did not elaborate on the material that has been found so far. French interior minister Gerard Collomb said Abedi had become radicalised after a trip t...

Iran accuses U.S. of 'Iranophobia', arming 'dangerous terrorists'

Rouhani said in a press conference in the presence of over 300 domestic and foreign reporters in Tehran on Monday. Iran reached the landmark nuclear agreem...

Militants attack Christians in Egypt, killing at least 26

The Minya bus attack came after almost one month of two deadly suicide bombings that targeted two churches in Egypt's cities of Tanta and Alexandria, thes...

Modi, marking three years in power, opens India's longest bridge

The 9.15 km (5.7 mile) Dhola-Sadiya bridge, strong enough to carry a 60-tonne battle tank, will reduce travel times from Assam to the disputed state of Arunacha...

Tornadoes tear through Texas, Oklahoma Wisconsin: 2 dead

Severe weather warnings were issued in Oklahoma , Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Tuesday, while additional tornadoes brought down utility...

Iran VP Jahangiri Withdraws Bid for Presidential Elections, Supports Rouhani

The president has faced a significant challenge from conservatives because the landmark nuclear deal with world powers that he negotiated in 2015 has not trigge...

United States airstrike Mosul: ISIS fooled U.S. into bomb that killed 100 civilians

And David, I understand this was an airstrike on the city of Mosul . A view of the houses destroyed in the U.S. airstrike in west Mosul on March 17. A Lond...

Muslim man, Jewish woman pray together at vigil after Manchester attack

The Special Deterrent force said in a statement on its Facebook page that Hashim Abedi had told investigators after his arrest that both he and his brother ...

President: Iran Not to Heed Enemies' Comments on Missiles

Rouhani , who fronted Tehran's deal with six major powers in 2015 to curb Iran's nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions, said the U.S. New...

Trump and pope focus on peace

Well, it looks like Pope Francis has stolen a page right out of Leo's playbook. Francis gave Trump a medal featuring an olive branch. The two spoke priv...

Labour manifesto pledges £25bn package for education

If it wins the June 8 General Election , the party will lower the threshold for the 45p rate of income tax from £150,000 to £80,000 and introduce a new 50p rat...

Trump orders investigation of leaks related to Manchester terror attack

The final movements of suicide bomber Salman Abedi , who killed 22 people when he detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena on Monday night, have been pieced ...

Tusk: We must be 'tough, even brutal' on terror

Sicily is the fifth and final stop on the first worldwide trip Trump has taken since he became president in January. Who are the members of G7? "We mad...

President Trump intends to renegotiate NAFTA

In a letter to congressional leaders, Mr. Lighthizer said the administration will start talks with Canada and Mexico as soon as 90 days from Thursday, in li...

Venezuelans shut down capital roads to protest government

The ruling was later partially reversed amid a backlash of global criticism, but it sparked a protest movement that has continued for almost two months and on...

Ariana Grande to hold concert in Manchester for bombing victims

Hundreds of British troops have also been deployed to back up the police. "We have to think about all the wonderful people and the things they have done", s...

GOP Lawmakers React as Candidate 'Bodyslamming' Incident Threatens Election

Gianforte became involved in an altercation with Guardian US reporter Ben Jacobs on Wednesday on the final day after campaigning after Jacobs asked him a...

Are Melania and Donald Trump the Most Awkward Couple in Politics?

The First Lady also accompanied Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, to meet Jewish and Arab child patients at the Hadassah Medical Organizat...

WEATHER: Weekend NOT a washout, and a little warmer

Humidity levels will be high, particularly Sunday and Memorial Day . Memorial Day Monday looks drier, with the chance for isolated rain showers, and high...

Russian Federation probe turns spotlight on Jared Kushner

A majority of Americans believe that President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey to deter that agency from investigating Trump's ties to Russian F...

Dems warn of any pre-emptive attack on North Korea

North Korea on Thursday, May, 25, 2017, accused South Korea of recently firing 450 rounds from machine guns at a flock of birds at the rivals' border, dismissi...

Melania Trump First Lady Fashion Moments Abroad

While in Rome, the couple will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican before heading to Sicily for the annual G7 economics summit. Eagle-eyed social media mavens cl...

China warns against bringing chaos to Korean peninsula

The US has for weeks been negotiating a new Security Council sanctions resolution with China, but US Ambassador Nikki Haley said last week that no final draft h...

Germany pushes back against Trump trade comments

The summit of the Group of Seven (G7) in Italian city of Taormina is due to deliver a common statement on terrorism later on Friday, Italian Prime Minister Pa...

Strike under way at AT&T

CWA Local 2006 represents local communications workers with AT&T . CWA members at the store on Venture Drive in Peru picketed, but it was not immediately c...

Republican Greg Gianforte wins Montana special election, CNN projects

In the November 10, 2014 U.S. House election, 325 votes, amounting to less than 1.25 percent, separated Zinke, who won the county and the state, from John Lew...

Macron offers Britain's May support in fight against terrorism

If body language is to be believed, France's president Emmanuel Macron is not on board the Trump train and it seems that there are some power games at play. M...

At least 28 Coptic Christians killed in Egypt bus attack

Men, women and children are among the dead and injured, officials said. Some carried a wooden coffin to a hearse. The bishop added that the vehicles attacked ...